The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - The Diaper and Wipe Distribution program received $10  million in 2018-19, $30  million in 2021-22, and $9  million in 2024-25 (all General Fund). Shifts Funding for CalFresh Minimum Nutrition Benefit Pilot to 2025-26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/3

The 2026-27 Budget: Streamlining California’s Affordable Housing Funding System

Mar 6, 2026 - State Would Benefit From Leveraging Federal 9   Percent and State Tax Credits Too. The  Governor ’s budget is in some ways incomplete in that it is silent on the treatment of federal 9   percent tax credits and state tax credits for the proposed set ‑aside pool.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5154

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The budget includes provisional language authorizing the Department of Finance to augment State Emergency Telephone Number Account fund expenditure authority by amounts “necessary to continue implementation of the Next Generation 9-1-1 system, including transition from the legacy 9-1-1 system, ” subject to 30-day legislative notification.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - Between 2019 ‑20 and the Governors 2026 ‑27 budget estimate, IHSS General Fund costs are estimated to grow by about 170  percent. From approximately $4.7  billion General Fund (absent one ‑time federal funds used to offset General Fund during COVID ‑19) to $12.6  billion General Fund (absent the Governor ’s proposed 2026 ‑27 IHSS reductions).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

The 2026-27 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 18, 2026 - The 2026-27 Budget: Food Assistance Programs The 2026‑27 Budget Food Assistance Programs Summary. In this post, we provide background on CalFresh, the California Food Assistance Program (CFAP), and other food assistance programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5126

The 2026-27 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program [Publication Details]

Mar 3, 2026 - The 2026-27 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program [Publication Details] The 2026-27 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program Format: HTML Description: For 2026-27, the Governor’s budget proposes $3.6 billion from the General Fund for the state’s share of SSI/SSP—an increase of $94 million (2.7 percent) from the Governor’s revised 2025-26 budget estimate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5148

The 2026-27 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 18, 2026 - As already noted, the Governor ’s budget projects no unspent TANF available in 2026-27. Given the long history of technical adjustments in the CalWORKs budget, it is possible that there will be additional unspent TANF identified for 2026-27.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5122

The 2026-27 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program

Mar 3, 2026 - As a result, SSI/SSP costs increase from 2025-26 to 2026-27 as the Governors 2026-27 budget does not include a technical downward adjustment. However, as of this writing, this reimbursement has not materialized.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5148

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - For example, expenditures for the home-based family care rate —namely the monthly care and supervision payments made to foster caregivers and for kinship and adoptive placements —are budgeted to increase by around $20  million General Fund ($33  million total funds) in 2025-26 (9  percent increase relative to 2024-25), due largely to the annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/6

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - The spending plan reduces funding for Porterville Developmental Center by $15  million General Fund in 2025-26 and $16  million General Fund from 2026-27 onward. The administration stated that these reductions reflect historical savings relative to budgeted levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/1